Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Arithmetic overflow checking Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:55:29 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <1f9c17dltrhlmhifuigoa914477r4rg1e1@4ax.com> <658108b9-3fa9-41dd-8701-9f342633864c@x12g2000yql.googlegroups.com> <4e2627bb$0$314$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <6hie271l0sdsh79ar021d2467k7t20juaj@4ax.com> <4e275589$0$310$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="7Qrvczazr82YckO5XW8Vtw"; logging-data="11044"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+mMmtl9bQk8pwT0yVjv0JJ5eMYIezX0qM=" X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 Cancel-Lock: sha1:ieRBSYuPUUkwNGYRhVgusDaS8no= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:6364 On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:24:07 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >On 7/20/2011 5:36 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: >> On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:56:26 -0400, Arne Vajhøj >> wrote: > >[snip back] > >>> That being said, I personally think it must be one of the most epic > >>> design errors in software-history, to DELIBERATELY design a > >>> programming-language this way. > >>> To me its like... WHAT THE H*** WERE THEY THINKING? > >>> > >>> The same as most other language designers. >[/snip back] > >>> How many mainstream languages do you know that detect integer >>> overflow? >> >> Visual Basic 6 managed. In fact, it could be turned off if you >> wanted but defaulted to on. >> >> I do not care how many languages have a certain flaw. If it is a >> flaw, it is a flaw. > >Irrelevant in the context. > >Why don't you read what you are commenting on???? I do read it. You are rather fond of calling things irrelvant. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko